Wedding "Night" Photos

[meresal]

I just read an article on whether or not inviting your photog back to the hotel room for some "wedding night photos" is going to become a growing trend.

As someone that debated doing b*pics, but decided that I would rather have tasteful pictures of FI and I together (not nude), as opposed to him just having them of me... this is something that kind of perked my interest.

Would you and your FI be comfortable doing something like this? Do you see it as possibly becoming a growing trend?

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

I don''t think FI would be comfortable doing this. He was really only comfortable with the Bpics because a woman took them and my photog is a middle aged man.

 

[sunnyd]

I think that might be awkward. I''m a prude though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Seriously though, we just did our epics last night, and even the kissy ones were weird to do with 2 people standing close to you going ''yeah! Good one!'' LOL...

 

[meresal]

I think that awkward would be how most people feel.
I was thinking along the lines of what Fergie and Josh had done after their ceremony. I'm leaving work, but I'll find a few pictures when I get home. They were tasteful, but racey... and obviously a "For your eyes only" kind of thing.

Sunny, I hate when photogs make those little noises, it completely creeps me out. Like little sighs, but at a horribly inopportune moment. LOL!!

 

[KatyWI]

I have friends who got married a couple years ago, and right before the wedding they had nude-ish photos taken by their wedding photographer. They chose a few to display in their bedroom, so most of their friends have seen them - they''re not excessively racy, but I felt a little weird when they were pointed out to me.

I''d love to have them done of us (though not displayed as prominently), but I don''t think there''s any way FI would go along with it!! He''s a little camera shy even fully dressed...

 

[sunnyd]

Date: 6/29/2009 5:03:11 PM
Author: meresal
I think that awkward would be how most people feel.
I was thinking along the lines of what Fergie and Josh had done after their ceremony. I''m leaving work, but I''ll find a few pictures when I get home. They were tasteful, but racey... and obviously a ''For your eyes only'' kind of thing.

Sunny, I hate when photogs make those little noises, it completely creeps me out. Like little sighs, but at a horribly inopportune moment. LOL!!

I do remember those and liked them for sure! I know that FI wouldn''t go for it, hahaha. Especially after the noises they made!

 

[mrscushion]

I might like it, but FI, probably not. The main concern I''d have is that come wedding night, I''ll probably be pretty exhausted and photographed-out!

 

[cocolaw]

that''s interesting!! i would not do them because i know i will be ready for time alone with fiance after the wedding, just to relax together. I''ll probably be very tired of pictures by then!

 

[Italiahaircolor]

To be honest, the idea kind of grosses me out.

We had a huge after-party in a special suite after our wedding...so we didn''t go to bed until super late...and that time was between Mark and me, no one else. We have memories of that night, but we don''t need pictures.

 

[Amanda.Rx]

Is the photog in your room with you? If so, that''s really strange.

If you''re just in the lobby or something- maybe not so strange, but I''d think you''re not going to be looking your *best* by the end of the long night, so I wouldn''t think that would be a good photo-op.

Hmmm... interesting...

 

[sammyj]

Date: 6/29/2009 5:51:23 PM
Author: mscushion
I might like it, but FI, probably not. The main concern I''d have is that come wedding night, I''ll probably be pretty exhausted and photographed-out!

These are my thoughts exactly. I do think that we would both be comfortable with doing something like this for say... our one year anniversary. I saw some semi-racy one-year-anni pics on a photographer''s blog not too long ago...

FOUND it!

 

[decodelighted]

NO ONE in their right mind would be into MORE pictures after all the wedding day hub-bub. TRUST! It is the LAST thing you''d want to do.

You''re going to be sweaty and exhausted and disheveled and cranky and looking forward to SILENCE.

 

[LadyBlue]

Fergie and josh pics

 

[LadyBlue]

another one

eta. wrong pic sorry

 

[decodelighted]

Its funny that this is a trend that might be inspired by a Celeb couple who I am totally convinced are "bearding" each other. Guess these pictures are supposed to help people believe they're sooooo in love etc. Not buyin' it!

 

[LadyBlue]

right pic

 

[decodelighted]

Gross!!! Sorry ... visceral reaction. Also SOOOOO turned off by the camera wh*reness of the thing. YUCK. Like that classy classy Tori Spelling & her "secret elopement" with only the 10 person team from US Mag or whoever documenting every cheesy, moneymaking, staged moment.

**shudder**

 

[Squirrly]

i like the idea a lot and i know it''d be something we''d love to have but unless it''s something we could do ourselves with a tripod i''d probably be way too self conscious to have them look any good at all

 

[LilyKat]

Personally I wouldn't as I'm far too shy. And I'd feel a really private moment had been intruded on. It would freak me out to think back on my wedding night and remember the photographer in the room

I might be many things but an adult video actress is not one of them.

Plus imagine if my kids ever found them?! Or my parents...

That said, if you're not camera-shy and it wouldn't bother you, and you'd like them to look back on, then why not? I think they could be nice if done tastefully. Just not for me.

 

[Lilac]

Not for me - my wedding night was one of the most special times of my life and definitely the most private and intimate with my husband. I wouldn''t have wanted anyone intruding on any one of those precious moments.

 

[Dreamgirl]

I can see it becoming a trend. Would I do it? Probably not. But that''s just me (and I know FF wouldn''t be comfortable with it at all)

However, you could always take some yourselves!

 

[Prana]

sammyj- those pictures remind me of Chris Isaac''s "Wicked Game" music video. lol.

I don''t think that I would be comfortable with this type of photo shoot either. I will probably do b-photos as a wedding gift, but the idea of both of us together semi-getting it on with a photographer present just isn''t appealing to me personally. Plus, I probably wouldn''t want my kids to ever see them. That would be traumatizing for them.

My mother always told me to never put anything on paper that I would not be comfortable with the world seeing, and that counts for pictures too. Just my 0.02.

 

[cocolaw]

Date: 6/29/2009 6:19:05 PM
Author: decodelighted
Gross!!! Sorry ... visceral reaction. Also SOOOOO turned off by the camera wh*reness of the thing. YUCK. Like that classy classy Tori Spelling & her ''secret elopement'' with only the 10 person team from US Mag or whoever documenting every cheesy, moneymaking, staged moment.


**shudder**

hahahahaha i had the same reaction!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Ditto....#1, I can''t imagine wanting MORE pictures after a long exhausting day, and I also think it is majorly tacky.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

I got my husband to jump into a pool in his suit about 18 months after the wedding for our TTD shoot. That''s how long the "I''m so sick of having my picture taken" feeling took to wear off.

 

[KimberlyH]

I'm not especially prude and this is a trend I simply don't understand. Some things should remain private and memories in the mind are often more beautiful/sentimental than those documented on film.

An aside, if we'd done this it would have been a disaster; I walked from our reception straight to our hotel room bathroom and puked for hours on end as the result of a migraine. The pictures would have been of me sprawled out on the bathroom floor or lying in a cool bath a washcloth over my forehead with the lights of and DH leaving the room and returning with migraine meds then sitting in the bathroom with me making sure I was okay. Lovely.

 

[meresal]

Glad to hear other people comments. I had just read that article, and wanted to see if anyone else thought this "trend" had any staying power.

Definitely way too many picutres for one night, and who really wants professional pictures taken after you've been dancing and all that for over 5 or 6 hours. The photo shoot above is obviously a staged shoot.

 

[House Cat]

Meresal,

I think I''d like to see the photos you were referring to. The Fergie pics are a little unsettling, but I think most of Hollywood does that to me.


I think I know what you''re talking about. I''ve seen some couple''s photos done, maybe not on their wedding night, but they''re like couples b-shots, just not so sexy..I love em. The couple usually wears white t-shirts and underwear, they look like they''re having fun in bed, that''s the mood of the shots I''ve seen.

I''ve also seen some really sexy couples, totally making out, but those were a bit over the top, for me. I believe to each his own. Some women really love b-shots, while others wouldn''t dream of doing them. I think this falls in the same category.

 

[mayachel]

I don''t consider myself a prude at all...(openly talk to women about their sex lives on a regular basis for a living) and I think these photos, while not distasteful...um...not sure why you would want them? I''d much rather have artsy boudoir pics. I just don''t buy that this is a growing trend. Seriously? Hey photographer...we''re about to do it for the first time as a married couple, wanna "capture the moment?" I think it is very weird.

 

[blackpolkadot]

I wouldn''t be comfortable doing it. But I wonder what you would do with them? I know I wouldn''t just have them in my house so someone could pick them up!